Wasedabula imizi lemizana efundisa, elibangise eJerusalema.
Omunye wasesithi kuye: Nkosi, balutshwana abasindiswayo yini? Wathi kubo.
Phikelelani ukungena ngesango elincane; ngokuba ngithi kini: Abaningi bayakufuna ukungena, kodwa bahluleke.
Nxa umninindlu esesukumile wavala umnyango, seliqala ukuma ngaphandle lokungqongqotha emnyango, lisithi: Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele; uyakuphendula athi kini: Anginazi lapho nivela khona;
Khona niyakuqala ukuthi: ‘Sadla, saphuza phambi kwakho, wafundisa emigwaqweni yakithi.’
Kodwa uzakuthi: Ngithi kini: Kangilazi lapho elivela khona; sukani kimi nina nonke benzi bokubi.
Lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, nxa senibona o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabaprofethi bonke embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kepha nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle.
Bayakuza bevela empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, nasenyakatho, naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
Bhekani, bakhona abokugcina abayakuba ngabokuqala, kukhona abokuqala abayakuba ngabokugcina.
Ngalolo suku kwafika abaFarisi abathile, bathi kuye: “Phuma, umuke lapha, ngokuba uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.
Wathi kubo: “Hambani niyitshele leyo mpungushe ukuthi: ‘Bheka, ngikhipha amademoni, ngiphulukisa abantu namuhla nakusasa, kuthi ngosuku lwesithathu ngipheleliswe.
Nokho ngimelwe ukuhamba namuhla nakusasa nangomuso, ngokuba akunakwenzeka ukuba umprofethi abhubhe ngaphandle kweJerusalema.
Jerusalema, Jerusalema, wena obulala abaprofethi, okhanda ngamatshe abathunywe kuwe! Bengithanda kangakanani ukubuthela ndawonye abantwana bakho njengesikhukhukazi sibuthela amazinyane aso ngaphansi kwamaphiko aso, kodwa anivumanga!
Bhekani, indlu yenu isisala nani; ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Aniyikungibona, kuze kufike isikhathi eniyakusho ngaso ukuthi: ‘Ubusisiwe ozayo egameni leNkosi.’